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Nature of course request C00183 :

New course

Graduate

First term offered :
Course Prefix&Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
CSE 612	Media Literacy	3 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Media Literacy

Catalog Description: This course examines the influence of media in our culture and explores methods for teaching media literacy. 21st century media literacy skills include thinking critically about how we consume media messages (access, analysis, evaluation), and becoming skilled in the creation of messages using a variety of media, including, but not limited to, film, websites, photography, and advertising.

Course Goal and Objectives: ¿ Interpret and evaluate the use of language and images ¿ Examine the effects of word choice, tone, bias, point of view, and structure ¿ Incorporate research and critical analysis ¿ Design persuasive arguments ¿ Recognize emotional appeals, propaganda, and speaker bias ¿ Recognize structure as part of the message ¿ Investigate the source of a media presentation or production¿who made it and why? ¿ Understand and evaluate how structure, images, and language influence an audience¿s emotions and thinking

Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course will meet elective requirements for the MSED Information Technology program as well as the Ed Media Endorsement. The class is aligned with ISTE National Educational Technology Standards and the Framework for 21st Century Learning, which form the framework for the MSEd Information Technology program. This course also supports the standards from the American Library Association/American Association of School Librarian¿s Standards for Initial Programs for School Library Media Specialist Preparation (2003) which is based on the national guidelines for school library media programs from Information Power; Building Partnerships for Learning (1998). (American Association for School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communication and Technology. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago: American Library Association. 1998.)

Faculty and facilities needed: No additional faculty or facilities needed.

Brief Course outline: ¿ advertising messages ¿ deconstructing media constructions ¿ how media messages shape our reality o stereotyping and representation ¿ how audiences negotiate meaning from media ¿ commercial implications of media messages ¿ uncovering ideological and value messages in the media ¿ social and political implications of media ¿ how media influences message ¿ effective media production (film, image, web -- constructing media messages) ¿ generational/global media messages ¿ health and the media ¿ visual literacy; reading images ¿ creative commons ¿ open source

Approval Queue C00183

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CSE_612_Media_Literacy.doc

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